| Maryland |
 |
|
| Labor
Market |
Mar 07 |
Jan 08 |
Feb 08 |
Mar 08 |
Monthly
%Change |
Annual
%Change |
| Unemployment
Rate (%) |
3.5 |
3.5 |
3.4 |
3.6 |
-- |
-- |
|
Nonfarm Employment (1,000) |
2,605.1 |
2,626.0 |
2,630.9 |
2,634.5 |
0.1 |
1.1 |
| Mfg.
Employment (1,000) |
132.6 |
131.0 |
131.1 |
130.4 |
-0.5 |
-1.7 |
| Mfg.
Avg. Hourly Earnings ($) |
17.55 |
18.11 |
18.15 |
17.74 |
-2.3 |
1.1 |
| Economic
Activity |
Mar 07 |
Jan 08 |
Feb 08 |
Mar 08 |
Monthly
%Change |
Annual
%Change |
| Housing
Permits |
2,366 |
1,113 |
1,238 |
1,311 |
-- |
-44.6 |
| Per-Capita
Income ($) |
1996
27,393
|
2003
37,447
|
2004
39,751
|
2005
41,657
|
2006
43,788
|
-- |
| Med.
Household Income ($) |
2002-04
62,372 |
2003-05
60,266
|
2004-06
60,507 |
-- |
-- |
-- |
| Gross
Domestic Product (millions$) |
2002
204,120
|
2003
213,306
|
2004
229,159
|
2005
244,447
|
2006
257,815
|
-- |
| Total
Exports (1,000$) |
2003
4,940,631
|
2004
5,746,142
|
2005
7,119,177
|
2006
7,597,860
|
2007
8,945,518
|
17.7 |
| Government
Spending |
Fiscal
03 |
Fiscal
04 |
Fiscal
05 |
Fiscal
06 |
-- |
-- |
| Fed.
Spending (millions$) |
57,646 |
64,726 |
66,720 |
75,498 |
-- |
-- |
| Per-Capita
Spending ($) |
10,464 |
11,645 |
11,972 |
13,477 |
-- |
-- |
| Total
Tax Burden (millions$) |
38,602 |
40,681 |
49,178 |
NA |
-- |
-- |
| Per-Capita
Tax Burden ($) |
7,007 |
7,319 |
8,824 |
NA |
-- |
-- |
| Return
on Fed. Tax Dollar ($) |
1.32 |
1.41 |
1.30 |
NA |
-- |
-- |
| Demographics |
1980 |
1997 |
2006 |
2007 |
Annual
%Change |
Decade
%Change |
| Population
(1,000) |
4,217 |
5,093 |
5,602 |
5,618 |
0.3 |
10.3 |
| Poverty
Rate (%) |
2002-04
8.6 |
2003-05
9.4 |
2004-06
9.3 |
-- |
-- |
-- |
|
Educational
Attainment
Census 2000 (%) |
High
School |
Bachelor
Degree |
-- |
-- |
-- |
-- |
| 83.8 |
31.4 |
-- |
-- |
-- |
-- |
| Age
Groups |
0-17 |
18-24 |
25-64 |
65+ |
-- |
-- |
Age
Distributions (total, 2006) |
1,360,531 |
533,023 |
3,071,605 |
650,568 |
-- |
-- |
| Age
Distributions (%, 2006) |
24.23 |
9.49 |
54.70 |
11.58 |
-- |
-- |
NA=Not yet available.
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